Hii Kenyatta family wako na tamaa ingine ya kutoka ahera
Torome said legendary Laibon Lenana signed an agreement with the British settler community members, who lived in Kedong, in 1904 that the land would be returned to the Kitet community when they were done with it.
He said when the British settlers left after Independence, the Kitet Maasai continued to live on their land until 1972 when the Muguga Company leased it to fatten steers
Change of names
“Soon after Muguaga Company acquired the 75,000-acre land, they changed the name to Kedong ranch. For more than 40 years, we have been fighting for this land in the courts,” Torome said.
Shareholders
Shareholding information of the Kedong ranch available at the land registry in Nairobi shows it is owned by 23 individuals and companies.
They are; Muhotetu Farmers Company Ltd (40.66 per cent), Family Circle Investment Ltd (6.83 per cent), Grace Njambi Wood and Pascal Babu Wood as administrators of the estate of Raymond Babu Wood (3.76 per cent.
Others are Jeremiah Joseph Nyaga (3.41 per cent), Longonot Eleven Investments Ltd (3.25 per cent), Margaret Wamboi Kenyatta (3.25 per cent), Beth Muigai (3.25 per cent) and Jackson Harvester Angaine (3.25 per cent).
Also on the list are; Ian Kipkoech Martin (3.25 per cent), Paul Muigai (3.25), Susan Wahu Muigai (3.25), Njuguna Njao (3.25 per cent), Victor Njuguna Wamagata (3.20 per cent), Margaret Muthoni Wanyee (3.10 per cent) and Said Mohammed Amin (2.93 per cent).
The long list also includes; Njoroge Mungai (2.93 per cent), John Stephen Ngethe Thiani (2.24 per cent), Willie Allan Muhia Njao (1.95 per cent), Gathacha Itate (0.98 per cent), Erastus Kagwe Nahashon (0.98 per cent), J.M Kariuki (0.33 per cent), Daniel Gilbert Kimani (0.33 per cent), Waruhiu Itote (0.33 per cent) and Victor Wamagata (0.06 per cent).